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World Giraffe Day

Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Join us in celebrating giraffe now through World Giraffe Day, Sunday, June 21! Discover the challenges giraffe face in the wild and help us raise support for Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's world-renowned giraffe care and breeding program. We are incredibly grateful for the Kratt Family Foundation and their dedication to giraffe care in the Zoo and in the wild. This year, the Kratt Family Foundation is matching up to $25,000 for every dollar donated until World Giraffe Day on June 21. While your donation will go toward the care of our giraffe here at the Zoo, the matched funds will help giraffe conservation in Uganda. Help us celebrate, and donate, with these fun giraffe-themed activities, videos, giraffe encounter opportunities, limited-edition hoofprints, and more.

Giraffe Conservation

In the past 20 years, there has been an estimated 35% decline in wild giraffe populations. In 1998 the IUCN estimated the total number of giraffe in Africa to exceed 140,000, but by 2016, this number has dropped to fewer than 90,000 individuals. Thus far there has been limited research and conservation efforts on wild giraffe, so the extent of their conservation threats are often undetermined.

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has partnered with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation to support much-needed field research on the different giraffe subspecies and to help with multiple conservation strategies. In January 2016, the Zoo provided financial support and a staff veterinarian to help Operation Twiga translocate 18 Rothschild’s giraffe in Uganda back to a historic home range across the Nile River.

You can visit reticulated giraffe at the Zoo in African Rift Valley

Name	Sex	Date of Birth	Giraffe Profile PDFs
Muziki	female	April 3, 1998	Muziki's Profile page
Amani	female	December 13, 1999	Amani's Profile page
Lakeisha	female	March 9, 2000	Lakeisha's Profile page
Twiga	feamle	December 10, 2000	Twiga's Profile page
Msichana	female	September 21, 2002	Msichana's Profile page
Mahali	male	May 11, 2003	Mahali's Profile page
Laikipia	female	June 20, 2007	Laikipia's Profile page
Azmera	female	July 24, 2007	Azmera's Profile page
Khalid	male	May 3, 2008	Khalid's Profile page
Msitu	female	February 5, 2009	Msitu's Profile page
Mashama	male	March 23, 2010	Mashama's Profile page
Tumbili	male	March 24, 2010	Tumbili's Profile page
Bailey	female	March 16, 2012	Bailey's Profile page
Panya	female	August 13, 2017	Panya's profile page is coming soon!
Ohe	male	July 22, 2018	Ohe's profile page is coming soon!
Viv	female	July 6, 2019	Viv's profile page is coming soon!
BB	female	September 28, 2020	BB's profile page is coming soon!

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